Cuba is making progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Cuban Minister of Health states at the United Nations
New York, 9 June 2021. Dr. José Angel Portal Miranda, Minister of Public Health of Cuba participated today at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, where he deplored the fact that twenty years after the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, inequalities in access to health care not only persist, but in many nations they are increasing.
The blockade runs contrary to the most urgent need today: saving human lives and protecting Cuban citizens’ rights
New York, 8 June 2021. “A more just society is unattainable without full, unencumbered self-determination for women and girls. It is essential to recognize what practices restrict their rights. The blockade reinforces the patriarchal system and rides roughshod over women’s different needs, potential opportunities, and autonomy.”
Cuba to improve protocols and risk perception to COVID-19
Havana, 8 June 2021. They hope to keep improving protocols of action and risk perception in population in Cuba to Covid-19, considering the impact, severity and mortality rates of the disease.
Doctor Lizet Sánchez, member of the Epidemiology and Mathematic Modulation National Group, emphasized that the battle against Sars-CoV-2 virus can be won in the preventive phase.
US blockade affects Cuba's private sector
Havana, 7 June 2021. Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Monday denounced the impact of the US blockade on private businesses in Cuba, which have been significantly affected by the intensification of that policy.
On his Twitter account, the head of Cuban diplomacy noted that while the US Government claims to support that sector and seeks its prosperity, it maintains measures that hinder its development and restrict access to the US market.
Statement of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba on a new maneuver by the European Parliament.
We have learned to our disgust that a small group of MEP’s servile to Washington have placed an item on the agenda of the next plenary session of the European Parliament (8 June) regarding the “Political Situation and Human Rights in Cuba”.